Laughing Matters in Paris Is Proud To Be Part Of Jason Byrne's20 years a clown2 nights in Paris Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 January 2016 in a somewhat under deconstruction
and carpeted

from finding the correct level for the car park at Roissy airport to driving around the
place de l'Etoile three times in search of Ave Kleber,
café creme and bookery in the Foundation Louis Vuitton,
belt and round bottomed microphone stand buying
by the drained canal St Martin & more coffee in le Carillon
lost on the faubourg du Temple 25 yards away from la Java
to dinner at le Tambour at 2am with Cass, Sherlock, Sheridan & Kavanah
every minute is an adventure when Jason is in town and much of it
comes out when he's on stage (not the dinner)
never a dull moment and hardly a dry eye in the Java.
Thanks Jason for a stunning start to 2016 comedy
Karelis there anyone out there who is not laughing Darren?

it was his best ever show this week
annette

Jason was brilliant, and totally off the cuff,
poor Brendan and Irene got their money’s worth !!
lorraine

what a fantastic show that was last night! I have never cried so many tears of laughter
- my mascara was a right mess
christine

Jason was great thanks really enjoyed it
mike

Jason has to be as good a comic for the Paris set up as it’s possible to get
martin

Jason was hilarious yesterday, we had a great great night.
alicia

fantastic gig
clare

fantastic night just what the doctor ordered, a great laugh,
and a privalige to see artists like jason in an intimite venue.
mary

thank you for an unforgettable evening at Le Java in Paris.
Laughed until I could barely breathe
alex

the best stand up in Paris.
Thank goodness for that because we certainly need it at the moment.
paddy

Last night was brilliant, Jason byrne is hi larious.
barry

Jason Byrne has been a stand-up comedian for 20 years
and he has spent half of those years absent from a Parisian stage
which is more than surprising since he was our most frequent Irish visitor.
First time in town was 1998 followed by a further 3 sold out appearances before marital duties,
TV apearances, sell out Edinburgh Festival runs and
touring kept him from
bringing his high octane marathon shows to Paris and Milan.
Now he's back for an amazing two nights kicking off the 2016 comedy year
and I am
so happy to see him again because I've probably had more fun with Jason
than any other comedian
who has had the Paris and Milanese experience.

Jason's at la Java for two nights of familiarly raucous improvisational stand-up comedy
He's a terrific live performer who's a crowd favourite at Kilkenny and Edinburgh.
He does have some material that he's actually thought of before the night, but he generally doesn't get around to uttering it, as the audience and surroundings always seem more stimulating to him than his scripted gags

It’s a pity no one has invented a machine to harness Jason Byrne, for the Irish mop top has enough hyperactive, supernova energy to power the National Grid ten times over and then some.
Once the residual high of watching this human reactor has faded, a sense of regret kicks in.
Regret that Byrne’s vast reserve of material and live riffing can’t be squeezed into one hour and that it’s not humanly possible to see every single show he ever does for the rest of time. He’s that damned good.
Paramount Comedy

Byrne skilfully forges the appearance of having an act without material, milking his audience for all he can. Seldom cruel, yet always intimidating, his inquiries into relationships and occupations elicit confused responses, mindful of the mischievous distortions that will follow. It’s a simple yet effective ploy, establishing the Irishman as the room’s ranting village idiot and alpha male simultaneously.
Byrne possesses an uncanny ability to convince those he interrogates of the accuracy of his characterisations, so much so that they begin personifying their caricatures, no small achievement with strangers. Always worth seeing, Jason Byrne could surely turn the most hostile room to his humour.The Scotsman

"Combines
comic routine with bizarre improvisation, always interacting with an
audiencethat adores him...
Whatever he does or says renders the crowd powerless with laughter.
...
Yes, Jason Byrne is that good. Five more stars for his collection."
Metro

... "His compellingly energetic style and
infectious laugh drives his hour-long set along, rarely letting up long
enough for the audience, or Byrne, to take more than a breath. His banter
with members of the audience is effortlessly done and sustains the show
beyond anything most other stand-ups could manage... everyone is fully
involved in the show and loving it." Edinburgh Evening News

"Byrne has now proved himself a master of
off-the-cuff stand-up, with a following to match... his quick wit and
throwaway lines win us over every time... he has the audience, and himself,
laughing non-stop from start to finish... after a hard week's work,
a dose of Byrne is just the ticket - if you can get one that is."
The Scotsman

family portrait by Tati Mouzo

Laughing
Matters in Paris presented
three exhausting nights in the unpredictable company ofJason
Byrne

a wierd way of picking yer nose

Sunday 10, Monday 11
& Tuesday 12 March 2002

With as much explosive energy as a medium-sized
thermonuclear device, Byrne unleashes a non-stop tirade of indignant fury that
steamrollers his audience into submission. This fast-talking Irishman rages
against anything and everything, seamlessly incorporating off-the-cuff comments
about the night with topics that have clearly troubled his mind for some time.
But he's no angry young man railing against the
system, rather he cuts a Basil Fawltyish figure, driven to the brink of insanity
by trivial everyday frustrations. And how powerful that mock fury is, the sheer
force of his performance compelling even the most reluctant of audiences to
listen in thorough absorption.Without that force,
the quality of the material might not stand up to much scrutiny - but you are
honestly too engrossed, and too busy laughing, to care.Chortle.co.uk

Comedians - especially Irish ones - love
to give the impression that they've just, you know, kind of wandered in from
the bar to do their set. With Jason Byrne, you wonder if it might actually be
true. He was probably born knowing how to make people laugh.
Byrne arrived on a stage laden with props (half of which he didn't use) and
within 10 minutes had delivered a seemingly unrehearsed tirade on farmers, supermodels,
American tourists and baby seals.
Few comics are as relentlessly physical. He used the entire width and depth
of the stage as he prowled around, searching for his next target. His non-stop
patter gives the impression that he's permanently on the verge of some kind
of mental meltdown. But it doesn't take long to realise that it's really just
the side-effect of a lightning-fast brain.
Byrne has the same rare gift as the late Bill Hicks for effortlessly pulling
comic riffs from whatever happens to be on hand (or in the audience) on the
night. And it's a tribute to his natural talent that his off-the-cuff material
was able to induce the rising waves of hysteria that his prepared stuff couldn't
quite deliver. " Oh, and it goes without saying: don't be late. Or an American
tourist. Maxton Walker, The Guardian

"Then he stands in front of an audience
for more than 20 seconds, they begin to laugh out loud - and they dont
stop until he goes away"The Independent

"Jason Byrne is the best comedian
in Ireland. A truly original performer who has managed to harness his innate
sense of anarchy and turn it into breathtakingly inspired stagecraft" The Evening Herald

"Jason Byrne is a truly unique experience,
and quite simply one of the finest and most daring comedians around. Unmissable."Glasgow Herald

"If you are not on the floor helpless
with laughter, you are probably dead" The List

Chortle viewsSaw Jason Byrne for the first time last Saturday.
A very, very funny show. Anna
He's brilliant. I want his kids. Francesca
If we could only bottle his energy we could power small vehicles! I think he's
fantastic. Marc D

Laughing Matters presented way back
in 19988, 9 & 10 November
Jason Byrne